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Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan
,
Morocco
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The largest mosque in the medina, built in 1808/1222 AH on the site of a 16th c. mosque, close to the Jewish Quarter.
Sources:
Mazzīn, Muḥammad, and Imḥammad Bin ʻAbbūd.
Andalusian Morocco: Discovery in Living Art
. n.p.: Museum With No Frontiers, 2001.
Variant names
Great Mosque (Translated)
Gran Mezquite (Translated)
Grande Mosquée (Translated)
Jami' al-Kebir (Alternate transliteration)
Masjid al-kabir (Alternate)
جامع الكبي (Original)
Date
1808/1222 AH
Style period
Alawi
,
Wattasid
Associated names
Tetouan (place)
Moulay Sulayman (r. 1792-1822/1206-1238 AH) (patron)
Building type
religious
Building usage
mosque
Dimensions
35 m. x 45m.
Materials / Techniques
brick
,
lime
,
mortar
Associated collections
Project: Jewish Communities in the Maghreb
Coordinates
35.571914, -5.365214
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Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
June 2015
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Dar Ben Jelloun
Tetouan, Morocco
2015 June
Jamaa el Kebir
Tetouan, Morocco
2002
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2 publications
Tétouan, Plan guide médina-ensanche
Antonio Bravo Nieto
2012
La Medina De Tetuán: Guía de Arqutectura /المدينة العتيقة في تطوان
2002
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